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Scarce US Model 1817 Common Rifle by Deringer (Reconversion to Flint)
Guns International #: 102495971 Seller's Inventory #: 43343
Category: Military Rifles - Antique - Antique Rifles - Flintlock
Seller's Information
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Seller: Joe Salter com
Company: Down East Antiques - Joe Salter
Member Since: 9/10/10
First Name: Garrick-March-Jim-Joe
Last Name: Salter
State: New Hampshire
Zip: 03031
Country: United States
Phone: (603) 732-4000
Fax: (603) 732-4200
Platinum Seller
Number of Active Listings: 1393
Total Number of Listings: 25216
Seller: FFL Dealer
Return Policy: 3 day inspection and return policy on used guns.
FREE SHIPPING FOR ORDERS OVER $500! We also have a 30 day Inspection Period and NOT a 3 day Inspection.
Payment Types Accepted: We take all major credit cards with NO CREDIT CARD FEES! Also Check or Money order.
About Us: Joe Salter has been in the Antique and Collector Weapons business for 60 years as both a collector and dealer. Our company is based in Southern New Hampshire and we have had an internet based store front for the past 20 years. We are federally licensed and deal in all types of firearms and related material. We offer free Shipping for orders over $500.
Description:
NSN, .58 Caliber, 35 3/4" smoothbore barrel with good, lightly pitted bore. This is a handsome rifle that has a partially legible, 1821-dated "US / H. (DERI)NGER / (PHIL)ADA" lock marking, with a matching 1821 date on the barrel tang. The cock, pan, and frizzen were added when the gun was reconverted back to percussion at some point post Civil War. The barrel retains much of an added browned finish with gray fading at the muzzle, and scattered areas of pinprick pitting in spots. The vent is very crisp, and has a series of small peen marks deliberately added to the metal surrounding it. The barrel itself is smoothbore for most of its length, however a short 2 1/4" section at the muzzle was counter-bored and a rifled sleeve was threaded into place, giving the appearance of an unmodified barrel under cursory inspection. The walnut stock has numerous small handling marks and blemishes scattered throughout the added varnish finish, including a series of large bruises on the left side of the buttstock, and the "V / GF" inspector mark of George Flegel (foreman at Schuykill Arsenal) is still clearly legible on the left side opposite the lock. The large patchbox door also has some chips missing around the spring catch, and a correct brass-tipped ramrod is included. This is a handsome reconverted "Common Rifle", and would make a great looking display piece in a gunroom, or library. Antique
SOLD
Antique: Yes